Lincoln Long
by Rodney Campbell on Sep.06, 2024, under Photography
Lincoln Long
NIKON Z6_3 + NIKKOR Z 14-30mm f/4 S @ 16 mm, 300 sec at f/16, ISO 50
One from our almost partially successful sunset shoot from the little cave at Lincoln’s Rock in the Blue Mountains two weeks ago. This a loooong exposure (5 minutes) with the Kase Revolution ND64 (6 stop ND) stacked with their CPL. Also using a nifty new feature of the new Z6 III (extended manual shutter speeds – now way beyond 30 seconds – all the way out to 900 seconds (15 minutes))
In preparation and anticipation to our return the crime scene late (VERY! late) last night
Note: These photographs (especially the wider shots) look much better when larger. To see larger versions in an inline overlay slideshow gallery viewer click any of the images.
Slasher
by Rodney Campbell on Sep.01, 2024, under Photography
Slasher
NIKON Z6_3 + Viltrox AF 16/1.8 Z @ 16 mm, 10 sec at f/1.8, ISO 5000
Astro in gale force winds!!! with Gerry at Lincoln’s Rock in the Blue Mountains
Lincoln’s Cave
by Rodney Campbell on Aug.30, 2024, under Photography
The view from outside the cave looking back… and well everywhere if you spin around to look around the full 360˚ spherical panorama
With Gerry at Lincoln’s Rock in the Blue Mountains
Lincoln’s Cave
Insta360 X4 @ 1.2 mm, 1/200 sec at f/1.9, ISO 112
Note: These photographs (especially the wider shots) look much better when larger. To see larger versions in an inline overlay slideshow gallery viewer click any of the images.
Core
by Rodney Campbell on Aug.29, 2024, under Photography
Core
NIKON Z6_3 + Viltrox AF 16/1.8 Z @ 16 mm, 10 sec at f/1.8, ISO 5000
After dinner in Katoomba we headed back to Lincoln Rock to try our luck with a little light painting and hopefully some astro
The clouds were kinda mostly blown away to the east (behind us) however it was the rediculous wind that was proving to be a problem. It was insanely strong and gusty. So much so we could barely stand up, and our tripods were easily blowing over with each gust of wind. So the only way to take any shots was to crouch down low and hold down our tripods with both hands and take shots, all the while trying to wave your head around like a lunatic trying to light paint the foreground with your head torch… I know… the mental imagery doesn’t do it justice….
All in the vain hope the wind wouldn’t gust too much and move your body or tripod and ruin the shot. This was made particularly bad as I was trying to shoot frames for focus stacking to blend later (a shot at infinity for the stars and one or more shot(s) focused in the foreground)
This one is a two shot blend (stars + foreground)
I was using my new Viltrox 16mm f/1.8 ultra wide angle native Z lens for it’s first static milky way outing
Shooting wide open at f/1.8 it’s actually amazingly good. It also has a number of very useful features for night and astro photographers including:
- a OLED display which shows useful things like the focus distance, aperture and depth of field scale
- two function buttons – one of them allowing you to program two specific focus distances in manual focus mode (e.g. one at infinity and one at the hyperfocal distance) and at a button press switch between the two
Anyway after 25 minutes of fighting the elements, the Tik Tok tourists (seriously), and nearly being blown off the cliff, Gerry and I called it a night
Here and There
by Rodney Campbell on Aug.27, 2024, under Photography
Here and There
NIKON Z6_3 + NIKKOR Z 14-30mm f/4 S @ 14 mm, 120 sec at f/9, ISO 100
Gerry and I took a trip up the Blue Mountains to shoot sunset and then hopefully some astro and light painting. That was the plan at least 🙂
Gerry’s prediction of 100% high clouds around sunset was a good call. The additional 100% middle and low cloud that also showed up, along with gale force winds and rain not so much 🙁
This was a quick take just after we’d shot sunset from this neat little cave at Lincoln’s Rock. When we climbed back up the top of the cliff we discovered these very cool rock formations that would be great for light painting later
Here’s a quick shot (2 minute long exposure – using one of the extended shutter speeds on my new Nikon Z6 III) of me with the last of the dying twilight and some light painting courtesy of Gerry
Off to dinner in Katoomba before coming back here for some light painting and hopefully astro (if those clouds would just blow over – the radar was looking somewhat promising)
Note: These photographs (especially the wider shots) look much better when larger. To see larger versions in an inline overlay slideshow gallery viewer click any of the images.
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